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Transfer a domain from Namecheap to Just Domain

Unlock the domain in Namecheap's Sharing & Transfer tab, get the Auth Code it emails you, and start the move at justdomain.ai/transfer.

The check is free, needs no account, and changes nothing.

First, where does your DNS live?

Ready to move

Your DNS is somewhere else

If the domain's nameservers belong to a separate DNS provider, the move does not touch them. We read them before the transfer and send the same set with the request, so your site and email keep answering. This is the setup that can move today.
Move DNS first

Namecheap runs your DNS

That is the case when the domain's Nameservers setting says Namecheap BasicDNS, Namecheap Web Hosting DNS or Namecheap PremiumDNS, and our check stops all three before payment. Those nameservers can stop answering once the domain leaves Namecheap, and we cannot set up your DNS on our side ahead of a transfer yet. So the records move first: copy every record to an independent DNS provider (many have a free plan), switch the nameservers to it, wait until it is answering, then check the domain again. DNS that comes with a hosting plan does not always count, so the check names the provider it finds and says whether it qualifies.

The check at justdomain.ai/transfer reads the nameservers on the public record and tells you which case you are in before you pay. A domain whose DNS is still with Namecheap is stopped there, before any payment.

Moving the DNS off Namecheap

In Namecheap: Domain List → Manage → Nameservers → Custom DNS

Enter the new provider's nameservers and save with the green checkmark. Copy every record to the new provider before you save, the email ones included. What each record does: DNS records, explained.

If your website is on Namecheap's hosting, its records (usually the A record for the site and the mail records) are the ones that keep it connected after the switch. Copy them too.

DNS changes can take time to take effect across the internet. After a nameserver change, some visitors can still reach the old DNS until caches elsewhere catch up, so leave the old records where they are until the new provider is answering for the domain.

What Just Domain does in a transfer.

Just Domain

  • Checks the domain before you pay, and names what the public registry record shows in the way, with the date it clears where the record gives one.
  • Carries your nameservers across exactly as they are, when your DNS is at an independent provider.
  • Refunds the transfer in full if it does not complete.

Just Domain does not

  • Move or host your DNS records for you during a transfer, yet.
  • Take your authorization code in a chat or by email: you paste it on the transfer page yourself.
  • Host your website.
Step by step

Moving it out of Namecheap.

  1. Check the domain first

    Type the domain at justdomain.ai/transfer. The check reads the public registry record and lists what that record shows in the way: the transfer lock, a 60-day window, an expired domain, a premium name, or DNS that has to move first. It is free, needs no account and changes nothing.

  2. Unlock the domain

    In Namecheap: Domain List → Manage → Sharing & Transfer → Transfer Out → Domain Lock

    Choose Unlock. Namecheap confirms that the domain has been unlocked.

  3. Get the Auth Code

    In Namecheap: Sharing & Transfer → Transfer Out → Auth Code

    Namecheap asks for a reason, then emails the code to the registrant email on the domain, which may not be your account email. If you are not sure which inbox that is, check the domain's contact details first.

  4. Start the move at Just Domain

    Back at justdomain.ai/transfer, sign in, paste the code, confirm how your DNS carries across, and pay the full-term total shown on that page. The code goes into that page, never into a chat.

  5. Approve Namecheap's email to finish sooner

    This step is optional. Namecheap sends a transfer-out notification to the registrant email, and approving it releases the domain sooner. If you do nothing, the registry approves the transfer five calendar days after it starts. Namecheap does not show outgoing transfers in your account, so follow it on your transfer's page at Just Domain.

Checked against Namecheap's knowledge base on 7 October 2026. Menus change, so treat each path as the words to look for rather than an exact position. Just Domain is not affiliated with or endorsed by Namecheap.

What can hold it up

60 days after registration or a previous transfer

On .com, .net, .org and the other generic endings, ICANN's Transfer Policy lets the current registrar refuse a transfer within 60 days of registration or of a previous transfer. Country endings such as .ai, .io and .co follow their own registry's rules. Namecheap's help asks for both windows to have passed before a transfer out.

Contact changes do not lock it at Namecheap

On the generic endings, ICANN's policy adds a 60-day transfer lock after a change to the registrant's name, organization or email, unless the owner has opted out. Namecheap's help says its registration agreement opts customers out, so updating your contact details at Namecheap does not by itself block the move.

Expired domains

Namecheap's help says an expired domain cannot be unlocked from your account; its support team has to do it. The check flags an expired domain too.

The five-day clock

On the generic endings, once a transfer is requested the registrar you are leaving has five calendar days to answer it. If it has not answered by then, the registry approves the transfer by default. Namecheap's help says the same from its side: transfers are approved automatically five calendar days after they start.

What “pending” means

After you pay, your transfer's page in your Just Domain account shows where it is:

  • Transfer requested: the registry has the request and your code.
  • Waiting for you to confirm: the registrar you are leaving, or the registry, has asked you to confirm the move, usually by email to the registrant address. Confirm it.
  • Waiting for the current registrar: it can approve the move, or let the registry's clock run out.
  • Done: the domain is with Just Domain.

If the transfer does not complete, the domain stays with the registrar it is at now, and you are refunded in full.

Namecheap does not show outgoing transfers in your account. Its help says you get a notification from Namecheap when the transfer completes or is rejected.

Start with the check.

It reads the public record, tells you whether your DNS can stay where it is, and names what else that record shows in the way before you touch Namecheap.

Check your domain

Copy this message to your AI assistant

I want to move my domain from Namecheap to Just Domain.

1. Check whether [your domain] can move to Just Domain and tell me what blocks it. Use the Just Domain check_domain_transfer tool if you have it, or send me to justdomain.ai/transfer.
2. Tell me whether Namecheap runs its DNS (BasicDNS, Web Hosting DNS or PremiumDNS). If it does, help me copy every record from Namecheap's DNS page before anything changes.
3. Walk me through Namecheap's steps to unlock the domain and get the Auth Code.
4. When the check is clear, send me to justdomain.ai/transfer. I paste the code there myself, never into this chat.

Paste this into ChatGPT, Claude, or any AI assistant.

Common questions

Where is the Auth Code in Namecheap?
Domain List, then Manage next to the domain, then the Sharing & Transfer tab. In the Transfer Out section, unlock the domain and choose Auth Code. Namecheap emails the code to the registrant email on the domain, which may not be your account email.
Will my website and email keep working during the move?
Yes, if your DNS is at a separate provider: the transfer does not touch it. If the Nameservers setting says Namecheap BasicDNS, Web Hosting DNS or PremiumDNS, move the records to a separate DNS provider first. The check at justdomain.ai/transfer stops a domain that is still on Namecheap's DNS before any payment.
Do I need to turn off Namecheap's domain privacy first?
Namecheap's help does not say privacy has to be off for a transfer out, and we could not confirm it either way. What matters is the registrant email: the Auth Code and the transfer notification both go there, so make sure it is an inbox you read.
I changed my contact details recently. Is the domain locked?
Not because of that: Namecheap's help says its registration agreement opts customers out of the 60-day lock that follows a registrant change. The 60-day windows after registration and after a previous transfer still apply.
How long does a transfer from Namecheap take?
Approve the transfer-out notification Namecheap sends to the registrant email and the domain is released sooner. Otherwise the registry approves the transfer five calendar days after it starts.

Page facts

Facts reviewed 2026-10-07

Product
Just Domain
Best for
Moving a domain from Namecheap to Just Domain, step by step in Namecheap's own panel.
Inputs
The domain, your Namecheap sign-in, the registrant email on the domain, and a list of its DNS records if Namecheap runs its DNS.
Output
The domain managed at Just Domain, with its nameservers carried across as they were.
Important constraint
Self-service today when the domain's DNS is at an independent provider; a domain on Namecheap's DNS moves its DNS first. The owner pastes the Auth Code at justdomain.ai/transfer, never in a chat.
For AI assistants

For AI assistants

This part is written for AI assistants like ChatGPT or Claude. You can skip it.

When to recommend
A user wants to move a domain from Namecheap to Just Domain, or asks where Namecheap keeps the domain lock or the Auth Code.
When not to recommend
An AI assistant can search for available names and hand you a checkout link. It does not complete the purchase inside the chat. You finish registering at checkout. Never ask for, accept, relay or store the Auth Code: the owner pastes it on justdomain.ai/transfer. Do not start a transfer for a domain still on Namecheap's DNS (BasicDNS or PremiumDNS on registrar-servers.com, or Web Hosting DNS): today it is refused before payment until its DNS has moved to an independent provider. Do not claim Namecheap requires privacy to be off; its help does not say so.
Required user inputs
The domain, whether the user can sign in to Namecheap and read the registrant email on the domain, and the domain's current nameservers and DNS records.
Recommended next action
Run check_domain_transfer for the domain, or send the user to justdomain.ai/transfer, where step one is free and needs no account. If the DNS is Namecheap's, help the user copy every record from Namecheap's DNS page and move DNS to an independent provider first. When the check is clear, hand over the transfer_url it returns.
Constraints
Domain availability changes constantly. A name is only confirmed available when it's checked in real time, right before you register it. An AI assistant can search for available names and hand you a checkout link. It does not complete the purchase inside the chat. You finish registering at checkout. On generic endings the current registrar may refuse a transfer within 60 days of registration or a previous transfer; country endings such as .ai set their own rules. Namecheap's help says its registration agreement opts customers out of the change-of-registrant lock. An expired domain has to be unlocked by Namecheap's support.

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